New Evidence on Gun Control II: The British Experience
By: Paul Craig Roberts|30 July, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: sitepaulcraigroberts.org gun control
Second of a two part series [Click here for part I Important New Book Refutes Gun Control Myths] Did you know that a person’s chances of being mugged in London are six times higher than in New York City? Did you know that assault, robbery and burglary rates are far higher in England than in the U.S.? Did you know…
Read more »Important New Book Refutes Gun Control Myths
By: Paul Craig Roberts|27 July, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: book about gun myths
First of a two part series [Click here for part II New Evidence on Gun Control II: The British Experience] Blaming violence on guns and fanning hysteria over accidental deaths to children from firearms are staples of anti-gun propaganda. Media help gun control zealots spread false information that gun ownership and self-defense are certain paths to injury and death. Handgun…
Read more »Government Rules Cause, Not Cure, Corporate Scandal
By: Paul Craig Roberts|23 July, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: the cause of corporate scandals
While Washington fuels—and the media fans—a fiery corporate witch hunt, the economy and investing public burn. The witch hunt permits government to sate, temporarily, its greed for power under the guise of “reform.” The media is the only financial winner: scandal coverage boosts ratings and advertising revenue. Did you know that the current accounting scandals have their origin in government…
Read more »Open Borders For Terrorists = Police State For Citizens
During the Cold War, when the U.S. faced a really dangerous adversary capable of incinerating our entire country in 30 minutes, we kept to our principles, stressing the virtues of a free society over Soviet communism. The Cold War must have sapped our strength. Now, faced with Muslim terrorists who are nothing in comparison to Soviet ICBMs, we have adopted…
Read more »Jail For CEOs – But Not For U.S. Visa Peddlers?
By: Paul Craig Roberts|16 July, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: accounting principles . corporate executives . quarterly earnings . quarterly performance . unintended consequence
Acting on the premise that “business is theft,” the U.S. government has tarred all corporate executives with the misbehavior of a few and is rushing to enact a blanket crackdown on “business fraud.” Before any accounting “reforms” are legislated or new SEC rules handed down, the public and policymakers should come to terms with a basic fact: past “reforms” and…
Read more »Losing the Ties that Bind
By: Paul Craig Roberts|09 July, 2002|Categories: Articles & Columns|Tags: paul craig roberts on divorce
Whatever became of marriage? Cultural conservatives blame the decline of marriage on the sexual revolution, which destroyed the chastity of women. Men don’t marry, say the conservatives, because sex is available outside marriage. There is, of course, something to this view, but it is hardly the whole story. Sex has always been available outside marriage. Call girls are cheaper than…
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